In October 2012, over 40 organisations involved with bioscience in the UK signed a Declaration on Openness on Animal Research. They committed to developing a Concordat setting out how they would be more open about the ways in which animals are used in scientific, medical and veterinary research in the UK.

Understanding Animal Research placed a draft of the Concordat commitments publicly on their website, and asked visitors to complete a ten minute questionnaire. The responses helped to guide the final drafting of the Concordat.

In collaboration with the Medical Research Council, the British Pharmacological Society and supporter by Sciencewise, Understanding Animal Research commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct a Public Dialogue in order to understand what people in the UK think constitutes openness and transparency about animal research.